Bushey railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Oxhey | ||
| Local authority | Watford | ||
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| Station code | BSH | ||
| Managed by | Silverlink | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 0.563 million | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bushey (source) | |||
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Bushey railway station serves the towns of Bushey and Oxhey. The station was renamed from "Bushey & Oxhey" to "Bushey" on 6 May 1974, even though it is actually sited in the neighbouring town of Oxhey, and the nearest part of Bushey (Bushey Village) is over a mile away. Even so it was late in the 1980s before signage at the station reflected this change.
[edit] History
During the war years of 1939-1945 the station was often known as "Ampersand railway station" - this was due to a typically bureaucratic application of emergency regulations. To hinder enemy troops in the event of an invasion it was ordered that all station names should be painted out on station name-boards, and this was interpreted at Bushey & Oxhey to mean the words 'Bushey' and 'Oxhey' but not the '&'. For the duration of the war, therefore, the station proudly bore the designation '&' - a tribute to official thinking everywhere!
The London and Birmingham Railway, the first mainline railway in the United Kingdom, first ran (non-stop) through here on 20 July 1837.
London Underground's Bakerloo Line trains served the station from 16 April 1917 until 24 September 1982.
Over the last 10 years the station has fallen into disrepair with paint flaking from the walls and ceilings and vandalism left unrepaired. More recently the high-speed rail link to London for the Virgin Trains network trains has been the only source of building work to the station, where a storage yard and redundant buildings were converted into a high-voltage substation to supply the significantly higher current required for the new trains.
The high speed trains' last stop before London is in Milton Keynes, some 35 miles to the north of Bushey, and it covers the journey to London a further 15 miles south in just 23 minutes.
[edit] Services
Bushey is on the Silverlink Metro "DC lines" between London Euston and Watford Junction and the Silverlink County services between London and Tring.
For Metro services, Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a train every 20 minutes calling at all stations to London Euston (southbound) and Watford Junction (northbound). Evenings and Sundays there is a half-hourly service in each direction.
For County services, Monday to Saturday daytimes the half-hourly service to London Euston and Tring stops at Bushey. Evenings the hourly "all stations" Euston - Milton Keynes Central service stop there.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Bushey railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Bushey railway station from Multimap.com
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- Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Maps
- Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
- Aerial image from TerraServer
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Watford Junction | Silverlink County West Coast Main Line |
Harrow & Wealdstone |
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| Watford High Street |
Silverlink Metro DC Lines |
Carpenders Park |
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